Blood Stem Cell Register

The motion

That the Parliament highlights the work of the DKMS Foundation in view of what it sees as the momentous decision to approve an opt-out organ donation scheme for Scotland; understands that DKMS has registered more than 8 million potential blood stem cell donors across the world giving 69,000 second chances of life to people with blood cancer; believes that blood cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK, that someone is diagnosed with a type of blood cancer every 20 minutes, and that only 30% of blood cancer patients in need of blood stem cell donation find a donor within their family; acknowledges the need for more people to register as stem cell donors, and encourages all those who are able to do so to join the register.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 17 Ind 1 Lab 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S5M-17760 by reference.